1. I overslept until 6:30 today, which is pretty rare for this early bird, no-alarm girl. I’m thinking it’s residual fatigue from the destination race weekend. I had this really weird, yet beautiful dream where I was sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe with my dad. There were stunning castles in misty mountains [Read More]
Lucy Leggings, Pants and a Giveaway Oh My!
I’ve said it here before: I love Lucy. Lucy and I go way back. I’ve got a whole zip code in my closet devoted to Lucy stuff, ok maybe I exaggerate but YKWIM. So when the peeps at Lucy asked me to review a pair of their leggings, I was more than willing. I was [Read More]
Race Report: Carlsbad Half Marathon
Wow what a weekend! It almost didn’t happen for me since my plane was cancelled on Friday due to what else? Snow.But I did get out on Saturday so I was late to the party but better late than never right? It was 15 degrees in Chi-town when I left and we were delayed considerably [Read More]
11 Randoms
The lovely and talented Marlene tagged me in some random fun. Here we go:1. Post these rules2. You must post 11 random things about yourself3. Answer the questions set for you in their post4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer5. Go to their blog and tell them you’ve tagged them6. [Read More]
TTT: Race Weekend Edition
1. Weather permitting, I’m shipping out tomorrow, headed for San Diego and the Carlsbad Marathon with Meg, Jill, and Tara! Actually I’m doing the half. The desire to run a marathon just isn’t there. The fact that I am in no shape for a marathon, especially since the whole ruptured hamstring fiasco, may have something [Read More]
Dogs Gone Wild
google images For the first four of the five years I’ve been running outside, I had just one unfriendly encounter with the canine species. In the past month, I’ve had 6 more. Seriously what are the odds? Is the universe trying to tell me something? While I still have all my limbs and digits intact, [Read More]
Virtual Race Report
Last week I helped Toni celebrate her 34th birthday and 1st blogiversary by participating in her 3.5 mile virtual run. Although Chi-town has been eerily deficient in the snow department this year, our first ‘major’ storm of the season was just getting underway when I set out. The snow came fast, with a furious wind. [Read More]
Who Needs Some Sunglasses? Giveaway
We all know that protecting our eyes from the sun’s rays is especially important when we’re out running, riding or doing any number of other sports or activities. In addition to UVA/UVB protection, I wear sunglasses to protect my eyes from bugs, wind, debris and, now that we’re in the dead of winter, the super-cold [Read More]
Signs It’s Time to Return to the Gym
Google images You may know this is the time of year I clear out of the gym temporarily to make way for the resolutioners. It’s my tradition. But this week, let the record show, I made an unlikely, unplanned, premature return. The universe was giving me signs: 1. Our water heater blew up and the [Read More]
The Courage to Start
There’s a woman I see on one of my running routes lately, almost every time I’m out there. If her cotton sweatpants and hoodie with fleece jacket don’t out her as a newbie runner, her bulky knit hat and mittens certainly do. We wave and smile and I offer her encouragement. As far as I [Read More]
